Canadians will be able to devour the much-touted Doritos Locos Taco when it arrives at all Taco Bell franchises on Monday.

The mashup features the familiar Taco Supreme fillings wrapped in a shell made from the same ingredients as the Nacho Cheese Doritos tortilla chip.

While U.S. taco fans have been enjoying the taco since spring 2012, many Canadians have been waiting impatiently for it to cross the border.

David Vivenes, chief marketing officer for Taco Bell Canada, said Canadians shouldn’t view the delay as a slight and that it was merely a simple supply and demand issue.

“This really has taken off in the States, there’s a huge demand and it was basically just a case of catching up,” he says, explaining that the special shells are made in the U.S. and that, initially, the company couldn’t meet the supply demands in both countries. “But, yes, it’s a relief to say that we now have it in Canada for everyone to enjoy.”

The taco is filled with the usual filling of beef, shredded lettuce, diced red tomatoes and shredded cheddar cheese, but Vivenes says it the zesty Doritos shell that gives it the extra punch.

“Of course I’ve had one … I’ve had more than one, they’re great,” he said with a chuckle. “They should make a lot of families happy.”

He said there was a lot of curiosity surrounding the delay of introducing the product in Canada accompanied by myriad social media postings by people who couldn’t wait to taste the new product.

Vivenes said the company was so taken by the interest they recently had a “fan appreciation day” where some of their “fans” were invited to test the product.

Much to the surprise of the diners, he said, their frustrated Tweets had been laser etched onto the shell of their personalized taco.

Vivenes said the Doritos cheese flavour was the obvious chip to start the collaboration but, as research continues, customers shouldn’t be surprised to see a wide variety of flavours from the Doritos family.

And while the official rollout of the DLT is Monday, Vivenes says select restaurants will begin selling the taco as early as Saturday.

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